A B Wood Medal

A B Wood Medal

The A B Wood Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "distinguished contributions to the application of underwater acoustics". The prize, named after Albert Beaumont Wood, is presented in alternate years to European and North American scientists. [http://www.ioa.org.uk/medals.asp] Recipients of this award include [http://asa.aip.org/awards.html#wood]

* B S McCartney (1970)
* Robert E Apfel (1971)
* B Ray (1972)
* M C Hendershott (1973)
* P A Crowther (1976)
* Peter R Stephanishen (1977)
* A D Hawkins (1978)
* Peter H Rogers (1979)
* I Roebuck (1980)
* Robert C Spindel (1981)
* Michael J Buckingham (1982)
* Peter N Mikhalevsky (1983)
* Martin J Earwicker (1984)
* Timothy K Stanton (1985)
* Peter D Thorne (1986)
* David M F Chapman (1987)
* V F Humphrey (1988)
* M G Brown (1989)
* Ann P Dowling (1990)
* Michael B Porter (1991)
* Christopher H Harrison (1992)
* Michael D Collins (1993)
* Tim Leighton (1994)
* Nicholas C Makris (1995)
* Grant B Deane (1997)
* M A Ainslie (1998)
* M V Trevorrow (1999)
* Gary Heald (2000)
* John A Colosi (2001)
* Simon Richards (2002)
* Anthony Lyons (2003)
* Eric Pouliquen (2004)
* Aaron B Thode (2005)


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